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The good guys need better weapons, so they lie in wait and capture some baddies and their gear. Sometimes, the good guys go overboard in the middle of the fight and trash the tech, leading one of them to say "Don't destroy it! We need it INTACT, remember?" It's kind of like Can't Kill You, Still Need You or a heroic I Want Them Alive.

Example: In She-Ra and the Princesses of Power S 2 E 1, Bow wants to capture one of Entrapta's attacking robots, but the Princesses go overboard and destroy a couple of them, prompting him to remind them of their goal.

I've seen a few instances of two people talking amongst themselves about some interesting concept only for an outside noise (background noise or someone else's ramblings turned up) to make the scene inaudible, and it only ends when the conversation is already ending. (Extra points for people talking at the end as if we should know about this or something to that effect.)

I've seen many instances of this happening, but for reference, the recent movie Ralph Breaks the Internet featured one of this at the end (minor spoiler for those who haven't seen it: they were talking about how to be a good parent). Another example would be the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius episode where Jimmy, Sheen, and Carl fly through space in open-top rockets and Jimmy explains to Sheen how they're fine, but we can't hear them because... you know... Carl. The Simpsons had one at the end of the episode where Kent Brockman was fired for saying a word on TV he shouldn't, where Homer explained a dark secret of FOX, only for FOX to cover it up with their voice-overs. (This devolves into a gag for the rest of the episode.) The Steven Universe episode "Frybo" had a minor example where Pearl explains the origins of the gem shards that can control fabric when Steven's thoughts cover up the monologue, then gets lampshaded when Steven realizes Pearl was saying something and regrets not paying attention but it's too late to do anything now.

That should be plenty of examples to work with. I've also noticed all my examples are from Western Animation, but it could just be me.

Is there a trope for the stereotypical "cartoon weight"? Most of you probably can probably already picture it: a black, vaguely cube shaped metal thing with a handle and the amount it weighs (such as 10 tons) listed in white letters on the side

Bob is unable to watch television, so he calls Alice and asks her to watch his favorite show and relay it over the phone.

I have seen this trope in both Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Arthur. In Wimpy Kid, Rowley is missing his favorite show, so Greg watches it and calls Rowley to tell him about it. ("I bet this part is gonna be funny. Whup! Ha ha! I was right! It was funny.") In Arthur, Arthur watches a show through Buster's window and has him leave the phone near the TV so he can hear it.

Is there an equivalent of Broken Aesop, but for metaphores? Like, in a show where vampirism is supposed to be analogous to drug addiction, but vampires can't be cured, need to drink blood or they'll die, have super strength, etc?

Is there a trope for the opening scene we see in many superhero shows, where a leader or narrator lists the characters' names and powers, and the characters get to show them off?

For example:

Boss: I brought you all together to finally defeat Captain Tropeman. Welcome... Alice, queen of ice (scene cuts to Alice freezing something), Bob, master of flames (Bob burns something up), Charlie, who has power over wind (Charlie makes a little tornado in his hand), etc.

Is there a trope where a character prepares to eat another canful of beans or a coconut, maybe having made numerous dishes out of coconuts, when they suddenly say "Beans / Coconuts for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Again? I'm sick of beans / coconuts! If I have to eat another bean / coconut, I'll go crazy!"

This will usually result in the character seeking hunting an animal in pursuit of a meatier entree to eat anything beside beans or coconuts.

I see this usually done as a humiliation gag to charecters, they come across a threat much bigger and stronger than them and proceed to get pummeled, only we cut to a shot of charecters reacting, and we only hear various sound effects and screaming on the other end

Examples I know: Squidward & The Guard Worm in the Spongebon episode "the lost mattress", and a couple times in the first Nigel Planter episode in billy and mandy (i.e. The frog dean vs the manticore and Nigel vs the Orge)

I'm sure I've seen this in cartoons made in The '80s and The '90s, unless I'm wrong.

Is there a trope for when the resident skeptic suddenly immediately changes views upon getting proof the Really 700 Years Old guy isn't a hoax and suddenly gives up skepticism, immediately turning to the side of whoever people are skeptic about, with him being embarrassed in the future about the skepticism whenever someone calls him out on it?

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